Agfa Ninon (c.1925)
A horizontal folding-bed plate camera for 6.5x9cm film. Rietzschel developed it, and Agfa continued it after their 1925 merger.
Overview
The Ninon is a horizontal folding-bed plate camera for 6.5x9cm film. Rietzschel made it first, around 1925. Production went on under Agfa after they took over the Rietzschel camera works. The Rietzschel name was phased out by 1927, and the camera stayed in production as an Agfa model. It has a triple-extension bellows, which gives extended focusing and room for longer lenses.
Specifications
| Format | 6.5x9cm plate |
| Bellows | Triple-extension |
| Shutter | Dial-set Compur |
| Viewfinders | Brilliant finder with spirit level, wire frame finder, ground-glass focusing screen |
Design
The Ninon is a horizontal folding-bed camera with a triple-extension bellows. The lens is removable, so longer lenses can use the extended bellows. The lens standard supports both horizontal and vertical movements. Covering came in black or brown leather, and the brown was associated with 'tropical' styling. Lenses offered included the Apotar, Solinear and Doppel-Anastigmat Linear. At least one example carries a Doppel Anastigmat 4.5 / 10.5cm lens.
Context
The Ninon started as a Rietzschel product, shortly before Agfa acquired the company in 1925. Agfa kept the Ninon and other Rietzschel models in production and absorbed the brand entirely by 1927.
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